Persona, I am the villain and I can do whatever I want

Suddenly, accompanied by a dull roar, the ancient door cracked and slowly opened.

Behind it, a dark downward passage was revealed, and a desolate atmosphere rushed towards us.

After the door was fully opened, the scene inside gradually appeared in front of everyone. It was dimly lit inside the door, and ancient murals and carvings depicting images of mythical creatures could be vaguely seen.

"Interesting, these details weren't in the previous passage!"

Among the crowd, Isshiki Wakaba was the first to react. With excitement flashing in her eyes, she quickly walked to the wall and observed these new discoveries attentively.

Futaba, who had been following her, was also interested. The mother and daughter posed in the same posture, pinching their chins with one hand and entering research mode.

Mitsui Tsubasa didn't disturb them. He walked to the front of the passage and looked into the depths.

There was darkness at the end of his sight, making his mood gloomy as well.

The attempt to open the door was successful. Next, he would have to go back to the stage of fighting monsters at different levels. I wonder if he can still cope with the stage of walking alone in the middle of the night...

While deep in thought, he suddenly felt a hand holding his arm, the palm was soft and warm.

"What are you thinking about?"

Wu Jianmiao tilted his head and looked at him gently, his eyes conveying silent encouragement and support.

Mitsui Yi turned his gaze back and smiled faintly: "Nothing, I was wondering what kind of shadow there would be down there. It would be nice if there was a type that is both good-looking and good at fighting."

At Isshiki Wakaba's request, everyone stayed here for a while.

They set off again only after the research team had taken photos of all the reliefs and murals for archiving.

Mitsui Tsubasa was the first to step into the dim passage, with pitch-black flames burning on his body.

This originally horrifying scene, in the eyes of his team members, gave them an incredible sense of security.

The tall and majestic figure in front of me seemed to be unstoppable by any difficulties.

Under his leadership, they also mustered up the courage and followed in his footsteps.

Chapter 230: The Road to Virtue Deprivation

The path of virtue deprivation.

As soon as they entered here, everyone's expressions became solemn.

If the final stop of the Road of Moderation and Deprivation is a horror movie set, then this place can only be described as a picture scroll of hell.

Cracked slabs can be seen everywhere on the platform floor. Looking through the raised edges of the slabs, one can see a strange reddish hue beneath the soil.

Mitsui Tsubasa carefully looked closer and was surprised to find that the reddish color did not come from the soil itself.

In the cracks of the soil, thick blood vessels quietly grow like ferocious tentacles, spreading everywhere, winding and entangled like snakes underground, forming a huge blood-red net that covers the sky.

He observed carefully and found that there seemed to be some kind of liquid flowing slowly in these "blood vessels".

Every time a stream of liquid flows through, a faint red glow appears on the surface of the blood vessels, which is indescribably strange.

Looking at this bizarre scene, he instantly thought of the blood vessels in the shadow self's room. The blood vessels in the two places looked almost identical, the only difference was that the blood vessels here were obviously much thicker.

He secretly guessed in his heart that the "Holy Grail" might be absorbing the twisted desires of the shadows in this way to perfect itself.

Resisting the urge to test with the Flame of Heart, he turned to look at his teammates.

Everyone was relatively calm, but the shadows seemed particularly nervous. They all chose to move away from the cracked ground.

Mitsui Tsubasa closed his eyes thoughtfully, felt carefully, and soon noticed a slight difference.

In his perception, the entire platform seemed to be shrouded by an invisible force, making people feel an irresistible sense of suffocation.

It is not the feeling of negative emotions filling the air in the first layer of the impression space. This place is empty, desires and emotions have been taken away, leaving only dead silence and nothingness.

He slowly opened his eyes and glanced at everyone secretly, and found that they didn't seem to notice.

"Only those who are strong enough can sense this change... It's better to live this way, so they don't lose their composure."

Mitsui Tsubasa pondered for a moment and broke the silence: "The shadows on this floor will be much stronger. Everyone must be alert and don't be careless."

"Oracle, release those reconnaissance drones first, and let's see what kind of shadows they are." He shouted towards the communication vehicle.

"Instructions received, execute immediately, meow!"

The oracle's voice rang out from the headphones, and then dozens of simple drones flew out of the car.

These drones are simple in structure, very small, and not equipped with any weapons. When we bought them, we just intended to expand the types of drones, but we never expected that they would come in handy one day.

The drone swarm circled around the platform and discovered a total of four tunnel entrances.

Under the Oracle's superb micro-control, they quickly split into four groups and flew into the tunnel.

Mitsui Tsubasa invited everyone to go into the rear compartment and watch the video data transmitted in real time.

On the neatly arranged displays, the video signal of each drone is separated separately.

As time went on, some drones discovered the shadows. A small number of them still did not have masks, but among the shadows with masks, large, distorted and alienated individuals began to appear.

"It looks so strong, completely different from the one on the previous floor!"

Sakura Futaba sighed and pinched her fingers nervously.

Although the others didn't say anything, their serious expressions showed the same point.

Mitsui Tsubasa stared at the new species of shadow on the screen and said in a deep voice: "Oracle, use your drones to harass them. It would be best if you can force out their prototypes. Don't worry about the loss of the drones."

The Oracle nodded obediently, countless streams of data quickly passing through his crimson eyes.

On the computer screen, the drones quietly changed their strategy and no longer flew carefully close to the top of the tunnel. They swooped down in groups, flying flexibly not far in front of the shadows, playing with them.

The shadows, who had not yet revealed their true forms, were clumsy and unable to use any special skills, so they were simply unable to catch these nimble drones.

Soon, some of the impatient ones could no longer hold back and with a loud roar, the mythical prototypes appeared.

Wind Demon, Naga, Andras... Mitsui Tsubasa quickly identified their races by referring to the complete book of personality masks.

The shadows used dazzling magic and skills, and Oracle's reconnaissance drones were destroyed at an alarming speed.

Just five minutes after the change in tactics, the video signal on the monitor was cut off by half.

But it was all worth it. Through the races of these shadows, Mitsui Tsubasa deduced that the level of the new shadows in this layer was probably between 20 and 30.

Among them, the strongest is a single Karabi, level 32, which is only one level lower than the Mothman encountered before.

After finishing the arrangement, he directly instructed the oracle to distribute the prepared information to everyone’s mobile phones.

After receiving the information, everyone was deeply attracted after just a few glances at it.

As the assistant of the Personality Book, Futaba Sakura was the most touched. She couldn't help but exclaimed as she read it: "This is so detailed. Are all the shadows before level 40 listed? ... So amazing, Tsubasa, you did all this by yourself!?"

"That's it."

Mitsui Tsubasa nodded calmly. This was the prophet plug-in that he had as a time traveler, so naturally it was done by him alone.

“Wooah.” She clasped her hands together, her eyes full of admiration, “You’re really amazing. I feel like I haven’t been of any help at all.”

He chuckled and shook his head: "Don't underestimate yourself. Look at the shadows in the previous layers. It was thanks to your ability that more accurate weaknesses were marked."

Upon hearing this, Sakura Futaba flipped forward a few times and saw more detailed notes, all of which she found through the Book of the Dead.

Seeing that her ability was still useful, she breathed a sigh of relief and immediately became happy: "Hehehe~ It seems that I am also very powerful!"

By the time everyone had roughly read the information, Oracle's reconnaissance drones had been completely destroyed.

The good news is that the shadows I encountered later were no higher than level 32.

Mitsui Tsubasa focused on a few of the shadows that could attack with curse attributes, and felt that the rest were nothing special.

With his current super-model combat power, he still has an overwhelming advantage against these shadows.

After instructing everyone to take note of the enemies that have a restraining relationship with them, he led the team on foot towards the tunnel with the least shadows.

Based on previous reconnaissance information, they quickly found a group of shadows.

It was a small army consisting of a dozen shadows, more than half of whom were wearing masks, led by two large shadows.

The Oracle's drone swarm was too noisy, and the shadows spotted them from dozens of meters away. They then took the initiative to reveal their true forms and rushed over with roars.

The battle is imminent!

Chapter 231 Fierce Battle

The first battle on the road to virtue deprivation became intense from the very beginning.

In order to test the team's combat effectiveness, Mitsui Tsubasa did not use his full strength. He just selectively intercepted a water ghost and let the other high-level shadow go.

The half-human, half-snake Naga raised his shield in his right hand and easily blocked the bullet shot at his face, then lowered his head and rushed to the back row of the team.

The spear in his left hand flashed with dazzling lightning, and the tip of the spear danced flexibly like a snake's tongue, aiming faintly at the big house at the rear of the team.

"Stop!"

At the critical moment, Isshiki Wakaba stepped forward and fought Naga head-on with a spear.

There was a loud bang.

Both warring parties were shocked.

The weapon in Naga's hand was nearly blown away by Isshiki Wakaba's tremendous force, and his snake-like body rolled on the ground for several times before he could barely stabilize himself.

But Isshiki Wakaba was also disturbed by the electric shock on his weapon and lost the opportunity to pursue.

After Naga quickly got up, the two sides fell into a stalemate.

The defenders in the team were held back by the high-level shadows, and before the spellcasters in the back row could rescue them, they were surrounded by the swarming shadows.

A total of four shadows bypassed Mitsui Tsubasa and Nekomata in the front row and launched a crazy attack on the back row.

Fortunately, Oracle's drone swarm was large in number, and they successfully repelled the first wave of attacks with continuous firepower.

Then, with the support of three more shadows from our side, the battle line was barely stabilized.

On the other side, Mitsui Tsubasa has been paying close attention to the status of his team members.

Only after finding that they had successfully passed the test did he let go.

Tongziqi instantly accelerated, emitting a dazzling light, like a meteor across the sky.

With a flash of sword light, the water ghost's head soared into the sky, and its entire body exploded.

Mitsui Tsubasa waved his hand casually, and a rain of arrows came in an instant, accompanied by terrifying screams, dividing the battlefield neatly into two halves.

Except for the shadows rushing to the back row, the other enemies didn't even have the chance to wail before they were pierced through the hearts by thousands of arrows and nailed to the ground.

"Meow!"

Nekomata meowed for the first time since joining and backed away from him with a look of fear.

"Captain, please don't hurt me by mistake. I'm one of you!"

Mitsui Tsubasa glanced at her casually and pointed to the battlefield behind where the fight was still going on.

The cat closed its mouth obediently and joined the battle waving its claws.

After a few minutes, the shadows were successfully eliminated. The Naga struggled for a long time before being killed by Takemiya's giant wind blade.

After the battle, the Oracle's voice rang out immediately: "Damn it! My drone needs a weapon upgrade. I shot that Shadow 27 times just now, but it's like nothing happened!"

She complained angrily, and the drone swarm responded to her anger, dancing in the air.

Mitsui Tsubasa had anticipated her request and had actually already done it.

"Don't worry. Huiye Security is already making new weapons. Ask them to install them on your drone this Saturday."

"Long live the Legion Commander! Love you, meow~?"

After receiving the promise, Oracle calmed down and sent out some drones to continue reconnaissance.

The others also discussed it enthusiastically, and soon reached a consensus that the combat pressure on this level was a bit too great.

Mitsui Tsubasa could understand their feelings very well. After all, the highest among them was only level 21, and the lowest, Oya Ichiko, was even only level 12. They were completely challenging each other beyond their level.

However, this difficult battle also has its benefits.

He opened his personal panel and looked at the increasing experience points. After a simple comparison, he found that the experience points provided by this layer of shadows increased significantly, almost doubled compared to the previous layer.

Your cultivation level will definitely increase rapidly here!